Thursday, July 10, 2024
Today is Thursday, July 10, the 191st day of 2024. There are 174 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On July 10, 1940, the Battle of Britain began as the German Luftwaffe launched attacks on southern England, with the Royal Air Force emerging victorious during World War II.
Also on this date:
In 1509, theologian John Calvin, a key figure of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Noyon, Picardy, France.
In 1890, Wyoming was admitted as the 44th US state.
In 1925, jury selection began in the trial of John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.
In 1929, American paper currency was reduced in size by approximately 25 percent.
In 1951, armistice talks to end the Korean War started at Kaesong.
In 1962, NASA launched the first active communications satellite, Telstar 1.
In 1985, the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk in Auckland, New Zealand.
In 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
In 1991, President George H.W. Bush lifted US economic sanctions against South Africa.
In 2002, the US House approved airline pilots carrying guns in the cockpit to defend against terrorists.
In 2015, South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse.
Today’s Birthdays:
- Singer Mavis Staples is 86.
- Actor Robert Pine is 84.
- International Tennis Hall of Famer Virginia Wade is 80.
- Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 78.
- Baseball Hall of Famer Andre Dawson is 71.
- Rock singer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is 71.
- Banjo player Bela Fleck is 67.
- Actor Fiona Shaw is 67.
- Singer/actor Jacky Cheung is 64.
- Actor Alec Mapa is 60.
- Country singer Gary LeVox (leh-VOH’) (Rascal Flatts) is 55.
- Actor Sofia Vergara is 53.
- Actor Adrian Grenier (grehn-YAY’) is 49.
- Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (CHOO’-ih-tehl EHJ’-ee-oh-for) is 48.
- Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas is 45.
- Singer/actor Jessica Simpson is 45.
- Actor Emily Skeggs is 35.
- Pop singer Perrie Edwards (Little Mix) is 32.
- Actor Isabela Merced is 24.
